Former OFL president speaks about the labour movement, the Liberals and green jobs
Carolyn Egan spoke with Sid Ryan, long-time labour activist and former president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, about the...more)
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The Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion is a historic opportunity
An historic advance in the struggle to stop expansion of the Alberta Tar Sands has taken place with the signing...more)
Clinton represents the status quo, while Trump pretends to be against it
She had all the spontaneity of an animatronic figure at Disney World, delivering platitudes agreeable to the corporate powers that...more)
The fight against oppression is central to breaking the chains of capitalism
A ruling class is the class that has the most power to shape society according to its own strategic interests...more)
Join the Toronto Disability Pride March September 24 and the Rally for Decent Work October 1
On October 1, 2016 activists from across the province will be gathering at Queen’s Park in Toronto as part of...more)
The Mississauga library workers successful strike is full of lessons for fighting austerity
The rise in precarious work in Ontario in the past decade has been dramatic. Particularly shocking is the statistic that...more)
On August 14, La Marche pour nos rivières , a march along the whole length of the Ottawa River, was...more)
Indigenous peoples are demanding justice for the theft of children in the 1960s
“Treaties did not give the government the right to take our children,” announced Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day to over...more)
Capitalism profits off our health
For many, awareness of the unbridled greed of the pharmaceutical industry began a year ago with their introduction to Martin...more)
hipster capitalists are still capitalists
It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m cutting the tops off of strawberries. The gleaming countertop reflects back an image of me...more)
Disabled People Against Cuts are fighting austerity
Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Brazil tonight, Wednesday, disabled activists blocked Westminster Bridge in London...more)
Trudeau is posing for photos while quietly sending troops to guard mining profits in Africa
While the Prime Minister was spending his time photo-bombing families on beaches in western Canada, the defence minister Harjit Sajan...more)
Trudeau has brought change...to make it easier to sell weapons
While the docile media swooned over our shirtless Prime Minister, his government was quietly endorsing changes to the export rules...more)
Socialists in Turkey and Syria denounce Turkish invasion
Turkish and Syrian socialists have issued a joint statement on August 31: While the big powers and their allies attempt...more)
Disarm and then abolish the police
On Sunday, July 24, Ottawa police killed Abdirahman Abdi, a 37-year-old Somali-Canadian man with mental health issues. The circumstances were...more)
The postal workers need your support
It’s not clear what the outcome will be of negotiations between Canada Post and CUPW, the Canadian Union of Postal...more)
The Burkini "debate" exposes sexism and Islamophobia
Almost exactly a year ago, socialist.ca wrote the following in response to a protest by Ontario women asserting their right...more)
Rallies across Canada call for justice for Abdirahman Abdi
On July 24, Abdirahman Abdi, a Black Muslim Somali man living with autism and mental illness, was beaten to death...more)
Liberals continue Tory attack on civil liberties
In May, a Federal Court Justice ruled the National Security Certificate against Mahmoud Jaballah to be unreasonable, almost 20 years...more)
The World Social Forum built solidarity across Canada, Quebec and the world
The World Social Forum (WSF) brought thousands of activists to Montreal in early August. The event started in Porto Allegre,...more)
The ABCs of Socialism is a good introduction to some questions but leaves out others
Book review: The ABCs of Socialism , Edited by Bhaskar Sunkara, Illustrated by Phil Wrigglesworth, Verso Books, 2016 The ABCs...more)
A book inspired by the short but remarkable life of Shannen Koostachin in Attawapiskat
Review of Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada’s Lost Promise and One Girl’s Dream by Charlie Angus. University of Regina...more)
Dissent and marches at the DNC were not shown on TV.
Held in the Wells Fargo Centre in downtown Philadelphia, the Democratic National Convention peaked with the foreseen coronation of their...more)
Vancouver area instructors fight for a living wage
Instructors at two Vancouver area colleges are battling corporate greed in a fight for fair wages, and control over their...more)
Trudeau claims to support a nation-to-nation relationship, but he is letting a Canadian corporation develop on unceded Alngonquin land
On May 10, 2016 Liberal Minister of Indigenous Affairs Carolyn Bennett announced that Canada would adopt the United Nations Declaration...more)
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